2004–05 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 2004–05 football season
Leicester City 2004–05 season Chairman Jim McCahill Manager Micky Adams (until 11 October) Dave Bassett (caretaker 11–31 October) Craig Levein (from 31 October) Stadium Walkers Stadium Championship 15th FA Cup Sixth round League Cup Second round Top goalscorer Connolly (13)Average home league attendance 24,137
During the 2004–05 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship .
Season summary [ ]
Leicester City were hoping to make an immediate return to the FA Premier League following relegation the previous season, but got off to a poor to indifferent start to the season, seeing them drawing too many games and prompting Micky Adams to resign in October despite claims by the club that they wanted him to continue.[1] He was replaced by Hearts ' Craig Levein ,[2] but he couldn't inspire Leicester to improve and the club finished the season in a disappointing 15th place.
Kit [ ]
Leicester retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by Narborough -based bank Alliance & Leicester .[3]
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
13
Burnley
46
15
15
16
38
39
−1
60
14
Leeds United
46
14
18
14
49
52
−3
60
15
Leicester City
46
12
21
13
49
46
+3
57
16
Cardiff City
46
13
15
18
48
51
−3
54
17
Plymouth Argyle
46
14
11
21
52
64
−12
53
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source:
Football League Tables Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
46
12
21
13
49
46
+3
57
8
8
7
24
20
+4
4
13
6
25
26
−1
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H H A A A H A A A H H A H H A H H A Result D W L L D L W W D L W D D D D D D W L D W W L D L L W D W D L L D L D D D W D D L D L W W D Position 14 6 15 19 17 19 17 11 13 16 10 11 11 14 13 14 13 12 13 15 13 8 13 12 14 15 15 16 14 15 15 18 18 18 18 19 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 15
Results [ ]
Leicester City's score comes first [4]
Legend [ ]
[ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
7 August 2004
West Ham United
H
0-0
30,231
11 August 2004
Derby County
A
2-1
26,650
Nalis , Benjamin
14 August 2004
Millwall
A
0-2
11,754
21 August 2004
Watford
H
0-1
22,478
28 August 2004
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
1–1
27,550
Scowcroft
30 August 2004
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
0–1
22,263
11 September 2004
Rotherham United
A
2–0
6,272
Nalis , Dublin
14 September 2004
Sheffield United
H
3-2
23,422
Scowcroft , Dabizas , Wilcox
18 September 2004
Burnley
H
0–0
22,495
25 September 2004
Queens Park Rangers
A
2-3
15,535
Scowcroft , Connolly
28 September 2004
Gillingham
A
2–0
6,089
Heath , Dublin
2 October 2004
Preston North End
H
1-1
21,249
Benjamin
16 October 2004
Coventry City
A
1-1
18,054
Dublin
19 October 2004
Ipswich Town
H
2–2
22,497
Connolly , Heath
23 October 2004
Stoke City
H
1–1
22,882
Halls (own goal)
30 October 2004
Cardiff City
A
0-0
13,759
2 November 2004
Crewe Alexandra
A
2–2
6,849
Nalis , Guðjónsson
8 November 2004
Coventry City
H
3-0
22,479
Nalis , Tiatto , Heath
13 November 2004
Sunderland
H
0–1
25,897
20 November 2004
Wigan Athletic
A
0–0
10,924
27 November 2004
Plymouth Argyle
H
2–1
23,799
Scowcroft , Dublin
4 December 2004
Leeds United
A
2–0
27,384
Nalis , Kelly (own goal)
11 December 2004
Reading
H
0–2
24,068
17 December 2004
Nottingham Forest
A
1–1
21,415
Connolly
26 December 2004
Rotherham United
H
0–1
27,014
28 December 2004
Sheffield United
A
0–2
22,100
3 January 2005
Queens Park Rangers
H
1–0
23,754
Connolly (pen)
15 January 2005
Preston North End
A
1–1
12,677
Connolly
22 January 2005
Gillingham
H
2-0
23,457
Connolly , Nosworthy (own goal)
5 February 2005
Crewe Alexandra
H
1-1
27,011
Gillespie
12 February 2005
Ipswich Town
A
1-2
27,392
Stewart
22 February 2005
Stoke City
A
2–3
14,076
Williams , Guðjónsson
26 February 2005
Reading
A
0–0
14,651
5 March 2005
Nottingham Forest
H
0-1
27,277
8 March 2005
Burnley
A
0–0
10,933
15 March 2005
Watford
A
2-2
11,084
Connolly , Hughes
18 March 2005
West Ham United
A
2–2
22,031
Connolly (pen), Gillespie
2 April 2005
Millwall
H
3-1
22,338
Stearman , Connolly (pen), De Vries
5 April 2005
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
1–1
22,950
Maybury
9 April 2005
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
1–1
6,638
Connolly (pen)
16 April 2005
Wigan Athletic
H
0-2
23,894
19 April 2005
Cardiff City
H
1–1
21,336
Connolly
23 April 2005
Sunderland
A
1-2
34,815
Maybury
26 April 2005
Derby County
H
1–0
25,762
Connolly
1 May 2005
Leeds United
H
2–0
26,593
Dublin , Connolly
8 May 2005
Plymouth Argyle
A
0-0
19,199
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
8 January 2005
Blackpool
H
2-2
16,750
Williams , Edwards (own goal)
R3R
15 January 2005
Blackpool
A
1-0
6,938
Guðjónsson
R4
29 January 2005
Reading
A
2–1
14,825
Williams , Scowcroft
R5
19 February 2005
Charlton Athletic
A
2-1
23,719
Dabizas , Dublin
QF
13 March 2005
Blackburn Rovers
A
0-1
22,113
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2
4 October 2004
Preston North End
H
2-3
6,751
Guðjónsson (pen), Blake
Squad [ ]
[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
Notes
1 July 2004
MF
Jason Wilcox
Leeds United
Free transfer
1 July 2004
FW
Dion Dublin
Aston Villa
Free transfer
[6]
1 July 2004
DF
Danny Tiatto
Manchester City
Free transfer
[7]
1 July 2004
MF
Gareth Williams
Nottingham Forest
£500,000
14 July 2004
GK
Kevin Pressman
Sheffield Wednesday
Free transfer
20 July 2004
DF
Martin Keown
Arsenal
Free transfer
[8]
20 July 2004
FW
David Connolly
West Ham United
£500,000
[9]
1 August 2004
FW
Nathan Blake
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Free transfer
[10]
1 August 2004
MF
Joey Guðjónsson
Real Betis
Free transfer
2 August 2004
DF
Chris Makin
Ipswich Town
Free transfer
5 August 2004
MF
Scot Gemmill
Everton
Free transfer
[11]
6 January 2005
FW
Mark de Vries
Hearts
Nominal
[12]
6 January 2005
DF
Alan Maybury
Hearts
Nominal
[12]
29 January 2005
GK
Lars Hirschfeld
Dundee United
Free transfer
31 January 2005
MF
Stephen Hughes
Rangers
£100,000
3 March 2005
DF
Paddy McCarthy
Manchester City
£100,000
27 April 2005
DF
Patrick Kisnorbo
Hearts
Free transfer
Out [ ]
Date
Pos
Name
To
Fee
Notes
17 May 2004
DF
Alan Rogers
Nottingham Forest
Free transfer
18 May 2004
DF
Riccardo Scimeca
West Bromwich Albion
£100,000
[13]
19 May 2004
MF
Andy Impey
Nottingham Forest
Free transfer
3 June 2004
MF
Muzzy Izzet
Birmingham City
Free transfer
[14]
7 June 2004
FW
Paul Dickov
Blackburn Rovers
£150,000
21 June 2004
DF
Ben Thatcher
Manchester City
£100,000
1 July 2004
MF
Steve Guppy
Leeds United
Free transfer
1 July 2004
MF
Billy McKinlay
Fulham
Free transfer
2 July 2004
MF
Paul Brooker
Reading
Free transfer
5 July 2004
FW
Les Ferdinand
Bolton Wanderers
Free transfer
[15]
5 July 2004
MF
Junior Lewis
Hull City
Free transfer
10 July 2004
DF
Callum Davidson
Preston North End
Free transfer
17 July 2004
GK
Danny Coyne
Burnley
£25,000
[16]
23 July 2004
DF
Frank Sinclair
Burnley
Free transfer
[17]
23 July 2004
DF
Nicolas Priet
Doncaster Rovers
Free transfer
1 August 2004
MF
Craig Hignett
Leeds United
Free transfer
29 October 2004
MF
Tom Williamson
Canvey Island
Free transfer
19 January 2005
FW
Trevor Benjamin
Northampton Town
Free transfer
[18]
28 January 2005
DF
Martin Keown
Reading
Free transfer
[19]
31 January 2005
DF
Matt Elliott
Retired
[20]
25 February 2005
GK
Kevin Pressman
Leeds United
Free transfer
17 May 2005
MF
Lilian Nalis
Sheffield United
Free transfer
Transfers in: £1,200,000
Transfers out: £375,000
Total spending: £825,000
References [ ]
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Isthmian League (Two )
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 9 only )
Midland Alliance (level 9 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 10 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (One , Two )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups